Well done to everyone involved at the annual Master Mariner Competition, sponsored by the Irish Institute of Master Mariners.We are enormously proud of our young sea scouts who had an amazing weekend with the Irish Naval Service, National Maritime College of Ireland NMCI RNLI Crosshaven Lifeboat Station Irish Sailing Irish Coast Guard and all the external examiners.What an incredible opportunity to connect with Irelands professional maritime community and consider a career at sea. The next generation of Irelands Master Mariners is looking very bright indeed! An incredible weekend experience for the 22 competitors from across the Country competing in the annual Master Mariner Competition proudly sponsored by the Irish Institute of Master Mariners.The level of nautical skills shown by all competitors was outstanding. Everyone should be very very proud of what they have achieved:
Venture Scouts - Capt.Desmond Fortune ‘Founders Award’ - (1st)- Cormac Eason (267pts) - 9th Port Malahide Sea Scouts - (2nd) - Dan Clohessy (246pts) - 9th Port Malahide Sea Scouts
3rd - Adam Kavanagh (244pts) - 12th Ballykelly Scouts Rover Scouts
Capt.Cian Timmons Memorial Award - (1st) - Óran Ó hIrile (248pts) - 9th Port Malahide Sea Scouts - (2nd) - Evan Banable (235pts) - 9th Port Malahide Sea Scouts - 3rd - Darragh Ryan (213pts) - 1st Wexford New Ross Sea Scouts
Practical Skills - Eoghan Lavelle Cox’ns Award - Dan Clohessy - 9th Port Malahide Sea Scouts.
Congratulations to all those who took part and to their mentors.
Malahide Boules welcomes new participants!The recently established Malahide Boules group is keen to publicise the new boules playing surfaces (known as pistes) at Malahide Castle grounds and the organised playing sessions held there each Tuesday @11:00am and Saturday @ 3:00pm. The playing pistes are located next to the Playground area at Malahide Castle grounds and there is plenty of free parking nearby. We welcome anyone to join us, as there are no specific skills necessary to play the game, but rather just a willingness to try it out. If you would like to buy a set of basic boules (set of 3) these can be purchased for example at the Decathlon store, next to IKEA in Ballymun, or online (https://www.decathlon.ie ). If interested, you can contact us through our website //sites.google.com/view/malahide-boules/home or by email malahideboules@gmail.com,
MALAHIDE United have opened up a considerable gap at the top of the UCFL Premier Division after they beat last season’s runner up VEC FC 3-1 in Terenure recently. A Jordan Briggs penalty and a solo effort from Stephen Cleary gave them a comfortable 2-0 lead at the break, while Karl Sheppard added their third late in the game.VEC bagged a consolation in added time but the day belonged to United who at this time of us going to press sit top of the pile on 30 points from 12 games, AGPFC, who lost to Atletico Malahide 1-0, are joint second with 18 points from 11 games, Harding IF FC, who won 5-1 at home to Rialto, who have 10 games played and Shelbourne AFC who have played 11.
Here we have a selectioHere we have a selection of images of the clearing work to create a meadow of wild flowers while also fencing off an area that will accommodate the native Irish Honey Bee hives that have arrived in recent days. This is in conjunction with the expertise of the Fingal Dublin North Beekeepers Association. This species is unique to Ireland and is is thought to have been brought to the Fingal area first by St Mologa. The area which has been cleared is to host a very large number of wild flowers to help the bees flourish as they are believed to be under threat of extinction at present and many other areas in this country are receiving hives to help preserve the species at present.
Recently the feast day of St. Bridget on 1st of February was marked but there is another female saint whose feast day occurred just two days later, on 3rd of February, for whom there is a Malahide connection.St. Werburgh was an early English royal abbess and was revered for ensuring healthy pregnancies. She was the daughter of King Wulfhere of Mercia. Born in AD 650, she renounced the world on the death of her father, retreated to a convent in Ely, England and founded monastic houses over which she presided. On her death she was buried in Hanbury, Staffordshire, but her body was later moved to Chester to place it beyond the reach of marauding Danes and St. Werburgh over time became the patroness of Chester and guardian saint of Chester cathedral. Her memory lives on in the cathedral and in representations in stained glass. Chester had, from pre-Norse times, extensive trading connections with Ireland for corn, hides and fish. In 1176 a charter by King Henry II empowered the Chester City Burgesses to continue to trade with Ireland. Henry II had reserved Malahide for himself and granted Richard Talbot tenancy of Malahide provided he pledged to hold Malahide for the English Crown which the family did for 800 years until the last Lord Talbot, Milo died in 1973. Perhaps it was the traders from Chester who were responsible for the devotion to St. Werburgh in Dublin and the Malahide district or perhaps it was the early Normans.. we don’t know. A street and a church named after St. Werburgh are to be found in Dublin city near Christchurch cathedral but here near Malahide, her name is honoured by a holy well on the Gay Brook stream. Local tradition held that the natural spring well had a cure for sore eyes. A tale associated with St. Werburgh says that she brought five wild geese back to life that had been killed by a servant and as a result the emblem of a goose is associated with her and in the windows of Chester cathedral. In old Gaelic the word for goose is Gé, hence Goose Brook or Gay Brook. We have St. Werburgh’s miracle of the five geese to thank for the name. Our thanks to Malahide Historical Society.
John Moore, Deputy Principal
It has been a busy time in St Mary’s. Here are some updates: Theresa Morakinyo the Project Manager at the Baldoyle Family resource was delighted that we raised €1,200 for Baldoyle Meals on Wheels. The money was raised by carol singing in Donaghmede Shopping Centre and holding a Christmas Jumper Day and by the teachers carol singing to the students. Well done also to mini company ‘Christmas Corks’ whose Christmas decorations, made from corks, proved extremely popular. They have donated the vast majority of their profits to the Jack and Jill Foundation. A very impressive sum of €400. Well done Hannah and Brooke! We were also delighted to update our Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl with the Applegreen sponsored Awards Board. Congrats to Elizabeth and Julia, current Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl who now join a really impressive list of former Head Girls.
We are to delighted to announce that we have passed the €100,000 mark following the launch of our SylsFuture fundraising campaign in November! Thanks to the generosity of our first donors and participants in our fundraising events we are well on the way to our target of €750,000! We are on track with the development work and expect to break ground on Phase 2 of the development plan before the summer, starting with the extension of the All-Weather training area at Broomfield.
Please contribute today to help us towards our next milestone and secure the future development of the Broomfield campus.
We are very proud of Venture Scout Dan Clohessy who has won the Newcomer of the Year in the Outsider Awards 2022! Dan represents the true spirit of Scouting, with his enthusiasm and active participation. As role-model to his peers and motivator to his adult Scouters. Well done Dan!
The St Sylvester’s GAA Clubhouse in Malahide village has been recently renovated & available for booking. It’s spacious function room is the perfect choice for your next party or function of numbers up to 250 people. Our newly refurbished bar upstairs, perfect for any party! We provide excellent service and facilities for many special events such as: Christenings, Communions, Confirmations, Birthday Parties, Weddings, Club nights, Christmas nights, pre-debs party. The function room is fully equipped with a seating plan of choice, full bar & a dance floor. We can also provide a DJ, a Wine/Champagne reception, a great menu of food and room decoration as requested. The function room is open to members and non-members. To enquire, please contact: Dave Potts 086 7263191 or Lisa Murphy tel:085 222 6982.
Well done to L-R): Brian Waugh, Billy Stanbridge, Jamie Fagan-Carr, and Noah Tyrrell, who took to the field recently against North Midland as part of the Leinster Metro U16s. Unfortunately, the results didn’t go their way with a 32-21 loss, but a strong performance from everyone involved. Well done to both Brian and Billy on their tries today for the team. Everyone in Malahide RFC wishes all the best for these young players in the future.
